foresail
Kelime Anlamı :

1. tirinket.
2. trinketa.
3. pruva yelkeni.
4. tirinket yelkeni.
5. ön yelken.
6. (isim) ön yelken.
7. veleistralye yelkeni.
Tanımlar :
1. nautical the principal square sail hung to the foremast of a square-rigged vessel.
2. nautical the principal triangular sail hung to the mast of a fore-and-aft-rigged vessel.
3. nautical the triangular sail hung to the forestay of a cutter or sloop.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. the lowest (and usually the largest) square sail hung on the foremast
2. A square fore-and-aft sail set on the foremast, but behind it, on a schooner or other similar vessel.
3. A triangular sail set forward of the foremast
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1. the sail bent to the foreyard of a square-rigged vessel, being the lowest sail on the foremast.
2. the gaff sail set on the foremast of a schooner.
3. the fore staysail of a sloop, being the triangular sail next forward of the mast.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1. nautical, in a square-rigged vessel, the sail bent to the foreyard; in a schooner, the fore-and-aft sail set on the foremast; in a sloop or cutter, the sail set on the forestay.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1. the lowest sail on the foremast of a square-rigged vessel
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.